Showticklabels=false and title_standoff not None moves xaxis-title to top
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Description
Very strange indeed.
fig = go.Figure()
fig.add_scatter(x=[1,2,3],y=[5,6,7])
fig.update_xaxes(title='Test', title_standoff=0, showticklabels=False)
produces:

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Start by running the provided plotly.js figure example with an x-axis title, title_standoff=0, and showticklabels=false. Trace the x-axis title layout and rendering behavior, then verify the fix against this reproduction so the title no longer moves unexpectedly to the top.
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- Tech stack
- javascript
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- data-visualization
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- Bug
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